Apparatus for producing a food product.



H. M. HEIMERDING ER. APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A room PRODUCT.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I1. 1919.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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' HARBY HEIMERDINGER, F BLACKFOOT, IDAHO.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A F001) PRODUCT.

Specification of letters ratent. Patentd Feb. 25, 1919.

Application filed anuary 17, 1919. Serial No. 271,706.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY M. Harman- DINGER, a citizen of the United States,'res1ding at Blackfoot, in the county of Bmgham and State of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Producing a Food Product, of which the following is a speci- .fication.

- pulp I This invention relates to apparatus for main producing a food product from vegetables and the like, one of the objects being to press the cooked articles so as to force the through the skins and form it into grains in which the water cells have been ru tured and opened, the said grains being an sequently spread out and dried so that the resultant product will be in the form of a hard, crystalline and porous substance.

A further object is to provide a press of simple and compact form, large capacity, and which will not become clogged.

Another object is to provide a machine of this character which is entirely automatic and which has eificient means combined therewith for spreading the shreds over a drying belt or the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain Figure 1 is a side elevation of novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims. a I

In the accom anying drawings the preferred form 0 the invention has been shown.

'In said drawingsthe machme. v. I v

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan view, with cups removed.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the table engaging portion of the operating mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a section through one of the cups 'or receptacles.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designatesa supporting structure on which a cigcular table 2 is mounted for rotation. This table has aceritral bear- .ing stud 3 extendin downwardly therefrom and journaled in t a support, and formed in the tablevnear its-periphery is a circular series of openings 4 each of which has one or ore grooves 5 extending downwardly Q extends within the wall thereof. Detachably mounted in each of the openings 4 is a foraminous cup or container 6 w ich may be provided at its upper end-with an annular rib 7 adapted to bear down on the table and support the cup. Each cup-is also provided with one or more nodes or projections 8 adapted, when the cup is inserted into one of the openings 4, to slide within the groove or agalnst the top of the table 2, the cup can be rotated slightly to move the node away from its groove 5 and under the table. Thus the cup is locked to the table and cannot be removed unless first turned back to bring the node into line with its oove.

Formed in the periphery of the table are notches 9 and 10 arranged in pairs, the notches of each ranged, as shown Hi Fi 4. Bearing blocks 11, which are connecte by a base strip 12, are secured to the supporting structure 1 close to the table and mounted to reciprocate therein on a bar 13., A stud 14 extends upwardly from one side of this bar and has a shifting pawl pivoted thereon as indicated at 15, there being a pin'16 on the pawl which is engaged by one end of a spring 17 extending from the stud 14. This spring serves to hold the pawl normally pressed against the peripheriyr of the table 2. Another stud 18 om one of the blocks 11 and has a checking .or stop dog 19 pivotally mounted thereon, there being a cam arm 20 extending from the'dog and engaged by a spring 21 projecting from the stud 18. This spring presses the cam arm20toward the table 2 so that the locking end ofthe dog is normally disengag'edfrom the table. I V Mounted on the structure 1 are standards 23 supporting a shaft 24 which is journaled in the upper portions thereof. This shaft has a cam 25 which is engaged by the upper end of a lever 26 fulcrumed, as at 27, upon a the bar 13 to reciprocate. When the bar is moved in one direction the pawl 15 will enter one of the notches 10 and thrust against its end wall, thereby. to rotate the air being oppositely ar-*' table 2 until the pa w l comes against the cam arm 20 of the dog 19 whereupon said dog will be shifted inwardly into theadjacent notch 9 and hold the table. against further movement. Thus the table is stopped positively when moved a predetermined distance by the pawl and accurate positioning of the cups 6 is insured.

The standards 23 are connected by cross bars 30 having bearings 31 for a sliding rod 32. A. plunger 33 is connected to the lower end of the rod and has a highly polished.

face so that, when in use, the material being acted on will not adhere thereto. An eccentric strap 34 is pivotally connected to the upper end of the rod 32 and is-engaged and actuated by an eccentric 35 on the shaft 24. The cam 25 and the eccentric 35 are so timed that, during the rotation of the shaft 24 the table will be rotated to bring a cup 6 to position under the plunger and the plunger will be moved downwardly into and then upwardly from the cup after which another cup will be brought to position and the foregoing operation repeated.

As hereinbefore stated each cup 6 is foraminous. It is rigid and made by stamping small holes in the bottom and wall of the cup. Thus when the plunger is forced against material contained in the cup, said material will be discharged through the holes. For the purpose of spreadin this discharged material to facilitate ryinv thereof, a spreading cone 36 is arranged under the table in vertical alinement with the plunger 33, this cone being secured to the upper end of a shaft 37 j'ournaled in an arm 38 extending under the table from the structure l. A pulley 39 is secured to the shaft and another pu1ley4=0 is secured to the shaft 24, these pulleys being connected by a belt indlcated in diagram at 41. Thus it will be seen that the cone will, during its rotation, scatter broadcast the material dropping thereonto from the cup thereover and by providing a dryin belt 42 the scattered material will fall t ereon and thus be conveyedin a spread out condition, to a suitable drier, not shown. 7 v

Spaced air flues 43 can be located at an suitable point so that, as the table is rotate the cups, after leaving the plunger, will be brought successively into line with the fines. By setting; up a strong current of air through the flues any matter within the cups will be. disengaged therefrom and carried ofi by the air current so that thecups will be left in a clean condition and ieady to be furnished with a new supply of material for treatment.

In operation the potatoes or other articles, after being thoroughly cooked, are placed by any suitable means, into the foraminous cups and as the table is intermittently rotated the cups will be brought to position;

the fines 43 and the skin and other extraneous matter in the cup will thus be removed.

By looking the cups to the table as described the suction due to the upward movement of the plunger within the cup willnot cause the cup to move upwardly with the plunger.

In practice it has'been found necessary to use perforated metal in the construction of the cups, thus to get a rigidity that is not possible where a screen is used. It is also essential that apertures be made in the wall as well as in the bottom ofthe cup to dpermit lateral escape of material in the si e portions of the cup.

What is claimed is 1. A machine for making a food product, comprising a plunger, a perforated cup movable into position in the path of the plunger, and means for scatterin broadcast the material pressed through t e cup.

2. A machine of the class described including a plunger, a carrier, a press cup having rigid walls provided with perforations therein and having means for detachably fastening it to the carrier, and actuating means for the carrier to move the cup into the range of action of the plunger. I

3. A- machine of the class described including a plunger, a press cup having rigid walls and perforations therem, a conveyor, and means for scattering broadcast over the conveyer the material forced through the cup by the plunger.

4. A machine of the class described including a plunger, a press cup having rigid walls provided with perforations, means operating in timed relation with the plunger for movingthe cup into the range of action of the plunger, a conveyer, and a rotatable cone for receiving material pressed through the cup by the plunger and scattering it onto the conveyer.

5. A machine of the class demribed including a plunger, a carrier, a press cup having rigid walls provided with perforations therein and having means for detachably fastening it to the carrier, actuating means for the carrier to move the cup into the range of movement of the plunger, and means for automatically stopping the'movement of the carrier when the cup is brought to such position.

6. A machine of the class described including a plunger, a carrier, a series of press In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY M. HEIMERDINGER.

Witnesses:

Ivy E. SIMPSON, AGNES ROCKELLI. 

